Fitzgerald served with the United States Army Infantry during World War II. After the war, he was the legal counsel for the Michigan Senate from 1955 until 1958. He then ran for a seat in the state Senate himself and represented the 15th District from 1958 until 1962. Fitzgerald returned to private practice in the firm of Fitzgerald and Wirbel until 1964, when he was elected to the Michigan Court of Appeals, which had been newly created under the Michigan Constitution of 1963. He remained on the Court of Appeals until appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court on January 1, 1974. He sat on the high court for eight years, and in 1982, his last year on court, served as Chief Justice. Among his landmark decisions, People v Aaron, 409 Mich 472 299 NW2d 304 (1979), he is known for abrogating the state's...Read More